"The humor is pitch-black, and the overriding tone is one of cynicism—the perfect match for post-austerity, post-Brexit, post–Boris Johnson Britain. In the foreground is a succession of double crosses, mole hunts, car chases, and assassinations. The background is a quiet hum of institutional failure, political corruption, and hopelessness."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/slow-horses-modern-britain-hopeless-spies/676279/